Originally posted by layer3maniac Roel's blood pressure probably just shot through the roof... :insane:

Maybe, but remember folks, this isn't personal.. it shouldn't be. The MP3 scene is already too political as it is.. too many egos and people too willing to ignore objective data in relation to quality. Look at the recent discussions where some sorely misguided people still think Blade is the best MP3 encoder for example. My decisions to be honest and truthful (no matter how unimportant some may view it as) , backed up by verifiable and objective data, will not be swayed by this aspect, if people can't handle that.. then too bad.

I've done nearly everything possible to meet the demands of the community on this, working extensively to provide an elaborate unified preset system that should meet the needs of nearly everyone. Quality related matters have been discussed and continuously tested for months now. This is something that is very much needed in the somewhat fragmented MP3 "quality" scene. One single person's wish (despite all available data) to continue to imply their collection of switches as the "best" is irrelevant as harsh as that may sound.

As a future note to possible flames that may erupt over this -- don't make it personal people.